McIver Moves to Dismiss Federal Charges [View all]

By Jacob Knutson
August 19, 2025

Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-N.J.) is moving to dismiss the federal charges against her by invoking President Donald Trump’s mass pardons for those who attacked the Capitol in his name on Jan. 6, 2021.

A grand jury indicted McIver in June on a three-count charge of “forcibly impeding” officers during a chaotic confrontation between federal agents and elected officials outside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in Newark earlier this year. The charge is a felony, and the three counts carry a maximum sentence of 17 years in prison.

McIver, the first sitting member of Congress to be criminally prosecuted by the Trump administration, pleaded not guilty.

In new filings late last week, McIver asked a court to dismiss the charge because, she argues, she is being selectively and vindictively prosecuted by the government and because she cannot be charged for official acts ...

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